Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Drop
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Our signature triple-layer spiced carrot cake is packed with walnuts and cranberries, and sandwiched together with a classic cream cheese frosting.
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Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients:
all purpose flour,
baking powder,
baking soda,
carrot,
cream cheese,
dried cranberries,
egg,
ground cinnamon,
ground ginger,
light brown sugar,
milk,
pomegranate seeds,
powdered sugar,
salted butter,
sunflower oil,
unsweetened shredded coconut,
vanilla extract,
walnuts,
Directions:
1. Pre-heat
2. Grease 3 round pans
3. Line with parchment paper
4. Get a clean large mixing bowl
5. Add light brown sugar
6. Add egg
7. Add sunflower oil
8. Beat until well combined then set aside
9. Get a clean large mixing bowl
10. Add all purpose flour
11. Add baking powder
12. Add baking soda
13. Add ground cinnamon
14. Add ground ginger
15. Whisk briefly until blended
16. Mix dry ingredients into batter until just combined
17. Retrieve
18. Add grated carrot
19. Add chopped walnuts
20. Add dried cranberries
21. Add unsweetened shredded coconut
22. Add vanilla extract
23. Add milk if mix seems dry
24. Pour batter into 3 round pans evenly
25. Bake for 25 minutes until skewer tests clean
26. Let cool for approx 5 minutes
27. Turn out to cooling rack
28. Get a clean large mixing bowl
29. Add room temperature salted butter
30. Add powdered sugar
31. Beat until creamy
32. Retrieve
33. Add cream cheese and mix
34. Assemble cakes with cream cheese frosting
35. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds
36. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts